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Hal Jordan/Green Lantern ([info]highballjordan) wrote in [info]dc_heroes,
@ 2010-09-20 11:14:00


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Entry tags:"rebirth", carol ferris, green lantern hal jordan

Awakenings
First, there is pain.

/Begone, Spirit of Vengeance/

The pain begins at the same time the chanting does. He can feel himself being torn apart at the seams, a feeling unfamiliar after so long as one who cannot feel pain. His alter-ego tries in vain to keep hold of him, but soon enough he finds himself adrift in the sea of darkness.

The chanting grows louder, more urgent and the pain in his stomach, his mind and his heart become nearly unbearable, followed by a sharp pain in his eyes and across his body.

Still, he struggles toward the rhythmic voices, unwilling to let this this deter him. He can feel the wind on his face, like when he's flying followed by the rain.

Nearly five years after his death, Hal Jordan climbs out of his grave, casting his eyes on the world around him.

The first thing he sees are bodies.

Scrambling out of the hole in the earth, Hal runs off into the Coast City night, naked, wet and afraid.

He has to find somethng or someone that can make this make sense.

He has to find Carol.



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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-20 04:46 pm UTC (link)
Carol was awake, not that it would surprise anybody who knew her. She promised herself she'd sleep when Ferris Air was in the black, and then again when Ferris Air won the next contract, and then when the contract was filled...

Herself had long ago stopped looking for those promises to be kept.

She was curled up in the easy chair placed in a corner of her home office reading the next set of proposals and running numbers to determined if Ferris Air could bid. She'd check her figures with the accountant in the morning, but for now...it looked good.

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-20 04:53 pm UTC (link)
She has to be awake. Ollie wasn't and Barry was still gone. If she's not awake, Hal's not sure what he'll do. A very kind homeless man lent him a spare blanket and a couple of coins to make a call with.

He takes a deep breath and inserts the coins. When she picks up, he doesn't wait for her to say hello.

"Carol, it's me. I need you." Hal says.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-20 04:58 pm UTC (link)
Silence.

Then... "Who is this?"

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-20 05:27 pm UTC (link)
Oh boy....

"Carol, honey. It's me. Hal. Your favorite pilot?" he says.

How could she just forget about him?

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-20 05:29 pm UTC (link)
"This isn't funny and if I ever track you down, I will strap you to the business end of a jet and fly it myself. Hal Jordan has been dead for five years. Let him rest!"

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-20 05:45 pm UTC (link)
"Whoa, Carol! It really is me! I swear. Look, I'm cold, wet and naked. Usually, this is start of a really funny, possibly dirty, joke about college or the military, it's the /truth/! I swear!" he pleads.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-20 06:46 pm UTC (link)
Whether it was a faint hope or a sudden flaring anger, Carol was on her feet.

"Tell me where you are, and keep in mind I'm coming armed. If this is a joke, I'm shooting first."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-20 06:53 pm UTC (link)
"Hold on a minute!" Hal yells. "Now you could get nervous and decide to shoot me anyway. How about a test? I tell you something that the papers don't know about you; if I'm right, you come find me." he says.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-20 07:59 pm UTC (link)
"Fine, tell me something only Hal Jordan would know." Carol yanked open desk drawers and slammed them shut looking for the locked box that held her father's .38. "I still might shoot you."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-20 08:45 pm UTC (link)
"Wow, what bit you, Ferris?" Hal grumbles. He thinks about his next words carefully, because she may hang up on him.

"Christmas Eve party, 1999. Your office. I found that spot on your calf that you like massaged at the end of the day. You like pistachios, which I hate. You love Top Gun. How am I doing so far?" he asks.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-20 09:01 pm UTC (link)
An icy chill blew through her, tempering the heat of anger. She remembered that party, eneough that she flushed with the memory.

"Hal, is it really you?"

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-20 09:27 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah, it is, Beautiful. Now will you take some pity on a dead guy and come get me. I'm Old Town. I'm the naked guy standing in the rain wrapped in a blanket." Hal smiles through the receiver.

"Can't miss me." he says.

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The Following Week
[info]highballjordan
2010-10-21 12:14 am UTC (link)
Hal's had a week to process his return, though he hasn't been able to talk to Ollie yet about getting his spare ring and Lantern back. He's still staying at Carol's, helping out here and there (and not wearing her old sweats still, thank god).

When Carol comes home from the office, she finds that Hal has made chili for her dinner.

"Hey, there's my CEO! How was work?" he asks.

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Re: The Following Week
[info]ferris_ceo
2010-10-21 12:40 am UTC (link)
"Long," Carol said, dropping her briefcase on the table near the door and dropping into a chair. It might be her imagination, but all week the office seemed to suck up all her time and energy when she wanted to be at home making sure Hal was really alive.

"Something smells good."

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Re: The Following Week
[info]highballjordan
2010-10-21 12:46 am UTC (link)
"Chili. I was hoping you'd be hungry when you got home." he says, walking up behind her and massaging her shoulders.

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Re: The Following Week
[info]ferris_ceo
2010-10-21 02:45 am UTC (link)
/Ohhhhhhhhhhh/ Carol felt her day begin to seep out of her bones. "That feels good. I'm starved. Business lunch, so I didn't actually eat. The first run of a new plane and it has a lot of promise."

She moaned appreciatively as he worked a particularly stiff muscle. "Were you able to get in touch with Ollie?"

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Re: The Following Week
[info]highballjordan
2010-10-21 03:20 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, I did, but he's got some of his own CEO stuff to handle, so it'll be a day or two before he can get out this way." Hal says, working on her muscles.

"Which is good with me, because I wanted to talk to you about something...and maybe get him to do me a favor once he arrives." Hal says.

"Carol, I've been thinking a lot about how things went between us before I died and I remember that the last thought in my head when I was dying was about how badly I treated you...and how much I loved you.

Lately, I've been thinking about how much I still love you, and that I have a second chance to fix my life the way I want it, the way it should be." he says, stopping the massage and walking around her chair to kneel before her as he pulls a small box out of his pocket.

"So, I got to thinking about the one thing I want to do more than anything in this life and it hit me immediately. I want Ollie to be my Best Man...

because I want you to consider becoming Carol Jordan, CEO. Will you marry me, Carol?" Hal asks.

"And before you ask, no, you don't need to change the company name." he adds quickly.

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Re: The Following Week
[info]ferris_ceo
2010-10-21 07:39 am UTC (link)
When she could think again, she'd remember how many times in the past one or the other had been at point in their lives, but never both of them at the same time.

Coming a week after he'd literally crawled out of a grave, she could almost understand his timing now.

She put a hand on his holding the small box. "Hal, you know I love you, but are you sure you should be making such important decisions so soon? And what's wrong with Carol Ferris-Jordan, CEO?"

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Re: The Following Week
[info]highballjordan
2010-10-21 12:17 pm UTC (link)
"Well, it doesn't have /quite/ the same ring to it, but it is your call." Hal says, kissing her.

"But...I /want/ this, Carol. I want this more than I've wanted anything. I want you." he says.

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Re: The Following Week
[info]ferris_ceo
2010-10-21 03:02 pm UTC (link)
"You're going through a lot right now," she said when he let her breathe, "and I'm not going anywhere. Get your ring and settle back into your life."

She brushed the hair back from his temple. Still no gray. She missed the gray. "Give it some time, Hal. It's only been a week. Jumping into marriage would only hurt us both if the feeling wears off when you're Green Lantern again."

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Re: The Following Week
[info]highballjordan
2010-10-21 11:19 pm UTC (link)
"Okay, Carol, hold on. My being Green Lantern and loving you don't have to be mutually exclusive. I can love you and help people at the same time...unless that's not something you want anymore." he says.

"What's /really/ bothering you, Carol? There's something you're not saying to me." he says.

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Re: The Following Week
[info]ferris_ceo
2010-10-21 11:59 pm UTC (link)
"I would never tell you to stop helping people, Hal. The one time I asked you to give up the ring was such a disaster that I've learned my lesson." Carol took his hand in both of hers. "Hal Jordan and Green Lantern each enjoyed a ... certain reputation. Well deserved reputations from what I remember."

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Re: The Following Week
[info]highballjordan
2010-10-22 12:21 am UTC (link)
"Oh. Oh." Hal says, realizing what's upsetting her so much.

"Carol, I'm in love with /you/." he says. "I'm not here to do that."

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Re: The Following Week
[info]ferris_ceo
2010-10-22 12:32 am UTC (link)
"Hal, I'm saying it's been a week and you're getting yourself back. I believe you when you say you love me. I believed it everytime you said it over the years. I'm so glad you're back." Carol released his hand and cupped his face. "Give it a year. If you still want to marry me, then let's talk. Okay?"

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[info]highballjordan
2010-11-06 02:07 am UTC (link)
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